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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: "Signature Color" film -- what's the story?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.100116.21355@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <MALU.92Dec18112521@imhps.im.se>
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 10:01:16 GMT
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- malu@imhps.im.se (Mats Luthman SYSTECON) writes:
- :
- : So, am I right? Am I going to have to send the film back to them and
- : pay a lot to get it developed? If not, then what's the scam? Is this
- : really something for nothing, or is there a catch I'm missing?
- :
- : Thanks for any answers you can give.
- :
- :
- : There need not be anything strange with this. They are giving away the
- : film to get people to try it. It's simply a form av advertising: lots
- : of people will try it because it is free. Getting a new product out on
- : the market costs a lot of money, and this is one way of doing it.
-
- Nope. They are just trying to make a mediocre deal sound spectacular.
- I am sure they are doing the same thing as Seattle Film Works - selling
- movie film ends.
-
- : I don't say that neither a) nor b) applies; but they COULD actually
- : think that the film is NOT better than other films, but that people
- : will buy it anyway, just because they've heard its name. There are
- : lots of examples of products that are sold with such market
- : strategies.
-
- I am sure that they KNOW the film is not any better than consumer films.
- If it were possible to produce such film, the film manufacturers would
- have it on the consumer market. Therefore - this "wonder" film is not
- so wonderful.
-
- Bill
-